Oct 29, 2022 · Watch The Karate Kid: Part II Now: An elderly martial arts expert (Pat Morita) teaches a high schooler (Ralph Macchio) to defend himself from bullies. Daniel (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny (William...

Nov 20, 2024 · Claiming to have a bizarre experience, particularly during the final fight scene, where his character lost the match with a front kick to his face, Zabka narrated the story with humor. William Zabka Recalled Watching The Karate Kid Premiere with Fans in a Theatre

Jan 23, 2021 · One of the most important moments of the movie is the climax where Daniel LaRusso (Macchio) uses what became known as the crane kick to defeat his archrival Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka) in the high stakes All-Valley Under-18 Karate Championship.

May 1, 2018 · Now 66, the screenwriter took up martial arts after getting jumped by a gang of bullies at the 1964 World’s Fair in New York. In hindsight, it was a history-altering asskicking.

Ralph credits Billy Zabka's (Johnny's) reaction to the kick as a way of not noticing it, but you can see he does land back on the injured left leg, but he quickly switches so that he's standing on the good right leg again.

Jun 25, 2024 · The notion that Daniel LaRusso's crane kick was illegal is a false myth perpetuated by fan theories. Cobra Kai cleverly handles the debate about the kick's legality without confirming it as true.

Apr 25, 2018 · William Zabka returns alongside Ralph Macchio to play the former high school bully, who grew up to become a man trying to break free from the past by earning back the glory of his old karate dojo....

This is how you know Johnny’s the villain: Back when that movie played in the movie theater, when that crane kick happened for the very first time, you’d never seen 300 people jump to their feet at the same time. Nobody was out there practicing getting their head kicked back [like Johnny]—they were all doing crane kicks in the parking lot.

William Michael Zabka (/ ˈ z æ b k ə /; born October 20, 1965) [2] [3] is an American actor. He portrayed Johnny Lawrence in The Karate Kid (1984), The Karate Kid Part II (1986) and the TV series Cobra Kai (2018–present).

Claiming to have a bizarre experience, particularly during the final fight scene, where his character lost the match with a front kick to his face, Zabka narrated the story with humor. Amid the excitement surrounding the finale of Cobra Kai, William Zabka appeared on The Tonight Show...